Category Archives: Stories

This four-part series takes an in-depth look at the four factors most likely to contribute to homelessness, plus what Catholic Charities of Kansas City and St. Joseph is doing to help Our Q&A roundup on this important issue In its daily mission, Catholic Charities of Kansas City-St. Joseph gets a view from the trenches of…

For more information, contact Jarrod Sanderson, Executive Director, Housing Development Serving people’s housing needs is the perfect nexus to help their physical and spiritual journey The housing crisis is our opportunity After working for more than a decade with Catholic Charities of Kansas City and St. Joseph, Executive Director of Housing Services Jarrod Sanderson has…

Set aside less than 10 minutes to listen to best-selling author and motivational speaker Rick Rigsby Lessons he learned from a third-grade dropout A former award-winning professor at Texas A&M and chaplain for the Aggies football team, Rick Rigsby tells the story of standing before the casket of his young wife, two small children in…

For more information, contact Chris Ice, Chief Executive Officer If we only serve people’s temporal needs, we miss the most important part of every person People hunger for much more than their earthly needs At Catholic Charities of Kansas City-St. Joseph, our tagline is “To Serve & To Lift.” Our goal for every person walking…

For more information, contact Sunny Jones, Chief Operating Officer Last year we served people by providing more than $900,000 in utility and rent assistance How meeting basic needs transitions to longterm stability How her Catholic Charities journey begins: While Mariah’s* three kids were sleeping in bed, she sat alone at her dimly lit kitchen table,…

Join us for weekly reflection and prayer. Week two focuses on other people as gifts. We're so grateful to all the wonderful volunteers and people we've met in our disaster relief efforts the past few days. Learn more about the week two message at www.lent2017.org

We're gearing up for a BUSY weekend helping with a MARC event tomorrow and Saturday in Oak Grove. .. You can support these communities by donating to our Disaster Relief and Recovery Fund here {http://igfn.us/form/yXnLdQ} or text 'storm2017' to 41444 using your smartphone. .. Every gift helps!